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Originally Posted by Ohio

The entire hurricane tracking community also thought that hurricane might hit Alabama. And you blame Trump for this, as if he lied and tried to deceive us, and now needs to repent?


If TDS has got you thinking like this, why are you not out condemning every meteorologist in the world? This is so crazy!

It might have been at the extremes of a very early forecast, but had been eliminated long before Trump repeated it. And they never had a map that looked like that. It was a fabrication.

I never once said the word "repent." But it is clear that even if there was a remote possibility in tracking toward Alabama when the thing was actually many days away from even hitting the east coast, that had long been abandoned when Trump started talking about it. And it would suggest how little he actually keeps up with much of anything. It is almost like someone said this hurricane in the mid-Atlantic might even hit Alabama. Trump says, "Got it. Don't bother me with any updates now." And that, as they say, is the end of the story.

Reminds me of my dad's talk about weather forcasting at Carswell AFB in Ft Worth back in 1957-58. The Canadian or Pacific Northwest activity suggests a cold front with likely snow to reach the DFW area in a few days. It even seems to be tracking along at the projected speed. Then it slows down or even stops before reaching the area. And even if the cold front eventually makes — though a day or two late — the snow just stops 30-60 miles north of DFW. There is no way to assert that it will happen that way, though it is likely. But not because of anything concrete known at the time.

Even today, they do better at it, but the same delays or stops continue to occur. They just hedge their bets now and say it might make it and it might not. But I don't know what it is like where you live, but a 5 to 10-day forecast is often not even reliable in the always-hot summer in DFW. And if there are expected changes, it is even less reliable. So hunkering down on a very early (and very large range of possibilities) forecast as something to go with while ignoring what is now actually happening just underscores Trump's lack of concern for facts. Facts just get in the way.

This argument is pointless anyway. You are sold on the guy no matter what he says or does while I cab find no redeeming value to his leadership. His moral and social behavior are different from, but definitely not better than that of Hilary Clinton. And despite all about her that I do not like, I think that she would have been a better president. It would have been better if we could have chosen between Clinton and Kasich, or one of the other governors. (Unfortunately, my opinion of Pence is clouded by his association with Trump.) I think I could even take Cruz over Trump and that is quite a stretch for me.

I just cannot fathom how Christians can refer to such a man as Trump as their Cyrus.